Bristol Archives — Attraction in Bristol

The trouble with the Record Office is that it's a bit like that scene at the end of the first Indiana Jones film Raiders of the Last Ark - You give them something (in my case a large leather ledger book from George White's company ((he put trams on the map)) and they carefully store it away - and that's it. As they admit, they are archivists not historians. So a hollow experience. Why don't they have a volunteer army of retired folk going through all this stuff and filtering out the social stuff hidden in all the facts and figures. Think I'll hold onto the other gems I have collected over the years for deciphering when I'm retired and have nothing else useful to do. Just hope I don't have a...

A wonderful archive, with wonderful staff in a wonderful building.

Had the pleasure of visiting this city archive on a research trip.

The booking process and help was staff was first class and very helpful indeed.

This is situated in an old factory that I believe stored tobacco. A fantastic building.

There is ample car parking and available for users with a permit from reception.

A spacious reading room with great facilities, there was also a really good exhibition outside with some videos supplied.

This archive come highly recommended with a number of local and national...

A wonderful facility, for which the City of Bristol should be proud. Helpful, patient and knowledgeable staff. Plenty of family research terminals. Table space for documentary research. Exhibitions. Cafe excellent. It would benefit if the Bristol Museum Railway was reinstated to the adjacent warehouse site as it would draw more families to it and people from the centre of the city who currently do not venture the mile or so to what could be a...